Homebrew is a package management system for Mac. Like I said, I am a new to all this on a Mac, but I do have programming experience. Or, since I am using OS X 10.6.8, do I need to download Bash code from somewhere and compile it using XCode 3.2.6 (or 4.2 if I paid for it) and manually replace the /bin/bash and /bin/sh files? Follow steps in How do I upgrade Bash in Mac OSX Mountain Lion and set it the correct path?.Install XCode 3.2.6 (I'm currenlty downloading the 4.1 GB install file now).So, what steps (from scratch) do I need to do to be able to install a fixed version of bash for OS X 10.6.8? I'm just getting into doing programming on a Max OS X platform.ītw, when I type brew update in terminal I get this output: $ brew update I have read this Q&A - How do I upgrade Bash in Mac OSX Mountain Lion and set it the correct path? but it doesn't work for me because I don't have brew (or Xcode, or any compiler, etc) installed. I am purposely using 10.6.8, so I don't want to update to a newer version of OS X right now. I want to update my Bash (and Sh) programs in my Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8), in light of the recent bugs to bash - Shellshock.
